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Looking “out of place”: analysing the spatial and symbolic meanings of dementia care settings through dress
The article explores how clothing exposes – and troubles – the ambiguous location of care homes on the boundaries of public/private, home/institutional space. It deploys a material analysis of the symbolic uses and meanings of dress, extending the remit of the new cultural gerontology to encompass the “fourth age,” and the lives of older people with dementia
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life11y agoDress and age: the intersection of life and work
In this article I outline the influences, intellectual and personal, that have led me to the subject of dress and age, a topic that I have explored with great enjoyment over the last decade. These have their roots in earlier academic and personal interests, and one of the aims of the article is to show how these different spheres of life and work intersect.
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life10y ago